Kansas SB60 restricts second and successive habeas corpus motions and ineffective counsel claims, and mandates direct appeals to the supreme court.
Kansas SB60 amends civil procedure laws to limit habeas corpus actions by prohibiting second and successive motions and claims of ineffective counsel. It mandates direct appeals to the supreme court for death-sentenced inmates. The bill sets a one-year time limit for filing habeas corpus motions, with exceptions for manifest injustice or actual innocence claims. It also establishes that appeals from district court decisions in habeas corpus actions filed by death-sentenced inmates must go directly to the supreme court.
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